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Comment by lordCarbonFiber

I love how, in a screed about "censorship killing good faith arguments", you make 2 incendiary claims with no sources to back them up. You're doing the thing, you're the bad faith actor.

Here, have an actual source regarding women competing in women's sports. Minus transphobic dog whistling. [0][1][2]

Repetition legitimizes and it's way less effort to "have discussions" then actually do the work in debunking them. What is this mainstream you're so worried about defying? Is it the currently accepted academic consensus? Then publish your counter claims, why are all your ideas being wasted on internet debates. If it's just laypeople, then where are your sources to back up your ideas that people can engage with in good faith?

[0]“there is no direct or consistent research suggesting transgender female individuals (or male individuals) have an athletic advantage at any stage of their transition (e.g. cross-sex hormones, gender-confirming surgery)

and, therefore competitive sport policies that place restrictions on transgender people need to be considered and potentially revised.” https://sci- hub.tw/10.1007/s40279-016-0621-y

[1]“[t]he available, albeit incomplete, evidence makes it highly likely that the sex difference in circulating testosterone of adults explains most, if not all, the sex differences in sporting performance.” https://sci-hub.tw/10.1210/er.2018-00020

[2]“[a]ny athletic advantages a transgender girl or woman arguably may have as a result of her prior testosterone levels dissipate after about one year of estrogen therapy.” https://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/NCLR_TransStudentAt...

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